Hancher Open House
We can't wait to welcome you inside the new Hancher Auditorium! The Hancher Showcase will also be open during the open houses.
Learn more about the new Hancher at inspire.uiowa.edu.
Ribbon-cutting Ceremony and Open House
We can’t wait to welcome you inside the new Hancher Auditorium! Join us on September 9 for a ribbon cutting at 3:00 pm followed by tours of the new facility. The new Hancher Box Office will be open for the first time during this open house!
Hancher Culinary Arts Experience: Share
Join your family and friends for a unique dining experience in a beautiful setting. All of the signature items at Share, located in the Sheraton Iowa City Hotel, are prepared using fresh ingredients that are sure to fulfill a variety of culinary cravings.
Hancher Culinary Arts Experience: Oasis
Join your family and friends for a unique dining experience in a beautiful setting. Owners and friends Naftaly Stramer and Ofer Sivan created Oasis—The Falafel Joint in the summer of 2004 when they noticed a lack of falafel and Mediterranean food in the Iowa City community.
Hancher’s Culinary Arts: Atlas & Basta
Join your family and friends for a unique dining experience in a beautiful setting. Atlas serves up a local organic menu while Basta is an energetic Italian restaurant featuring pizza and pasta.
Hancher’s Culinary Arts: Pullman Bar & Diner
Join your family and friends for a unique dining experience in a beautiful setting. Pullman Bar & Diner will offer an amazing dinner in the Stanley Café.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The music of New Orleans—both old school and of the moment—comes to Iowa City in this free outdoor event.
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“My love of soccer is a heritage story.” So says poet and performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and his new multi-disciplinary work considers the game as a conduit for both joy and corruption around the globe.
Fred Hersch Trio
Fred Hersch’s acclaimed trio will take to the Club Hancher stage for four concerts, each sure to highlight the chops and creativity that led Downbeat to call the pianist “one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation.”
David J. Skorton
Currently the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian, Doctor David J. Skorton served as the 19th president of the University of Iowa from 2003–2006 and was a member of the UI faculty for 26 years before becoming the 12th president of Cornell University.